Definition of charge

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Charge (n.) Thirty-six pigs of lead, each pig weighing about seventy pounds; -- called also charre..

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Firearm :: Firearm (n.) A gun, pistol, or any weapon from a shot is discharged by the force of an explosive substance, as gunpowder..
Charge :: Charge (v. t.) Whatever constitutes a burden on property, as rents, taxes, lines, etc.; costs; expense incurred; -- usually in the plural..
Master :: Master (n.) The commander of a merchant vessel; -- usually called captain. Also, a commissioned officer in the navy ranking next above ensign and below lieutenant; formerly, an officer on a man-of-war who had immediate charge, under the commander, of sailing the vessel..
Prime :: Prime (v. i.) To serve as priming for the charge of a gun.
Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) To release legally from confinement; to set at liberty; as, to discharge a prisoner..
Boatswain :: Boatswain (n.) An officer who has charge of the boats, sails, rigging, colors, anchors, cables, cordage, etc., of a ship, and who also summons the crew, and performs other duties..
Parish :: Parish (n.) An ecclesiastical society, usually not bounded by territorial limits, but composed of those persons who choose to unite under the charge of a particular priest, clergyman, or minister; also, loosely, the territory in which the members of a congregation live..
Run :: Run (v. i.) To be charged with, or to contain much of, while flowing; as, the rivers ran blood..
Lead :: Lead (v. t.) To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; as, to lead an army, an exploring party, or a search; to lead a political party..
Overcharge :: Overcharge (n.) An excessive charge in an account.
Functionary :: Functionary (n.) One charged with the performance of a function or office; as, a public functionary; secular functionaries..
Denial :: Denial (n.) A refusal to acknowledge; disclaimer of connection with; disavowal; -- the contrary of confession; as, the denial of a fault charged on one; a denial of God..
Fall :: Fall (n.) The discharge of a river or current of water into the ocean, or into a lake or pond; as, the fall of the Po into the Gulf of Venice..
Cato-cathartic :: Cato-cathartic (n.) A remedy that purges by alvine discharges.
Annulet :: Annulet (n.) A little circle borne as a charge.
Transition :: Transition (n.) Passage from one place or state to another; charge; as, the transition of the weather from hot to cold..
Hogreeve :: Hogreeve (n.) A civil officer charged with the duty of impounding hogs running at large.
Feeder :: Feeder (n.) A strong discharge of gas from a fissure; a blower.
Flooding :: Flooding (n.) An abnormal or excessive discharge of blood from the uterus.
Overcharge :: Overcharge (v. i.) To make excessive charges.
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